SSK Talent M.A.T Plzeň or Talent Plzeň is a Czech
handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...
club based in the
Plzeň
Plzeň (; German and English: Pilsen, in German ) is a city in the Czech Republic. About west of Prague in western Bohemia, it is the Statutory city (Czech Republic), fourth most populous city in the Czech Republic with about 169,000 inhabita ...
,
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...
. Talent Plzeň is one of the most successful handball club in the country, having won the
Czech Handball Extraliga
The Czech Extraliga is the name of the professional handball league of Czech Republic.
Competition Format
The season begins with a regular season between the twelve teams. The first eight teams qualifies for the play-offs, while the last four ...
six times.
History
The club was founded in 1953. Talent Plzeň win the first title in 1973 in
Czechoslovak Handball League. The club was doing well in the 1998 and 1999, when won
Czech Handball Extraleague.
TJ Lokomotiva Plzeň and SSK Talent Plzeň affiliated in 2010. The club has been doing well in recent season, because the club won
Czech Handball Extraliga 5 times and 2 times finished at 2nd place.
Team
Current squad
:'' Squad for the 2021–22 season''
:Management
* Coach
Petr Å tochl
Petr Å tochl (born 24 April 1976) is a Czech handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball ...
;Goalkeepers
*1
Richard Křesťan
* 16
Filip Herajt
* 61
Karel Å mÃd
;Wingers
* 11
Ondřej Šafránek
* 21
Petr Vinkelhofer
* 27
Jan ChmelÃk
* 95
Eduard Wildt
;Line players
* 68
Jakub Šindelář
* 77
Daniel Řeznický
;Backs
*3
Jakub Douda
*5
Šimon Bešta
*5
Martin ŘÃha
*9
Tomáš Nejdl
* 10
Petr Linhart
Petr Linhart (born 29 May 1990) is a Czech handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball us ...
* 13
Milan Škvařil
* 18
Marek Korbel
* 22
Michal Tonar
* 23
Jan StehlÃk
* 24
Leonard Kaplan
Accomplishments
*
Czech Handball Extraliga
The Czech Extraliga is the name of the professional handball league of Czech Republic.
Competition Format
The season begins with a regular season between the twelve teams. The first eight teams qualifies for the play-offs, while the last four ...
:
** : 1998, 1999, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021
** : 2017, 2018
** : 2000
*
Czechoslovakia Handball League:
** : 1974
** : 1955, 1956, 1958, 1963, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1984,
** : 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966,
European Records
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References
Czech handball clubs
Handball clubs established in 1953
Sport in Plzeň